sleep sack vs. light weight sleeping bag

[Anthony Dyson]

Robert's right on this one. I, too, have an Australian silk liner for my
sleeping bag while bushwalking (hiking). But it's a liner, not a sleeping bag as
such.
I certainly would not reply on the liner alone as adequate in Europe, except
possibly in high summer.
Walkers, especially those who have not carried a backpack before, should not get
too obsessed about cutting weight to ridiculous levels where safety and
reasonable comfort is compromised.

Robert Spenger wrote:

> I also used a silk bag. It weighs 6 and one half ounces with its small stuff
> sack. However, I do not think of it as a sleeping bag, but more of a
> substitute for sheets. The label describes it as a liner and it does not do
> much for keeping anyone warm.